Hamites imitator Anderson 1938 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Hamitidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1938. Lower Cretaceous deposits in California and Oregon. Geological Society of America Special Paper 16:1-331

Belongs to Hamites according to F. M. Anderson 1938

Sister taxa: Hamites (Hamites), Hamites (Psilohamites), Hamites alternatus, Hamites angolensis, Hamites attenuatus, Hamites beanii, Hamites carrancoi, Hamites cimarronensis, Hamites csaszari, Hamites cylindraceus, Hamites duplicatus, Hamites elegans, Hamites fueloepi, Hamites gibbosus, Hamites intermedius, Hamites kalvariensis, Hamites klamathensis, Hamites maximus, Hamites mortoni, Hamites nokonis, Hamites praegibbosus, Hamites quadrinodosus, Hamites rotundatus, Hamites rotundus, Hamites salebrosus, Hamites simplex, Hamites siskiyouensis, Hamites subcompressum, Hamites subvirgulatus, Hamites tenuis, Hamites torquatus, Hamites tropicalis, Hamites undulatus, Hamites venetzianus

Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1668, west branch of the east fork of Hulen (=Huling) Creek, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 1668, west branch of the east fork of Hulen (=Huling) Creek

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